January 31, 2008

Asterisk 1.4.18-rc4 Now Available

Asterisk 1.4.18-rc4 is now available. This release candidate includes an important fix for a regression related to the use of codec_g729 that caused decoders to not get properly released. Additional fixes added today that are included in this release candidate include: fixes for some locking errors in chan_agent a memory leak related to the use of AMI redirect Solaris compatibility fixes a fix related to call recordings from Monitor getting deleted before being mixed if a blind transfer is done from a Queue.

January 31, 2008

Asterisk 1.6 Features: TLS for Manager (AMI) and HTTP

I have pointed out this file before, but I’d like to point it out again. If you’re curious what new features have been added for Asterisk 1.6 since 1.4 was released, then check out the CHANGES file. The current version of it can be found here. There are a lot of cool features in there, so I’ll pull some out from time to time to highlight them. One of the nice features in this version is native TLS support for the Asterisk manager interface as well as the built-in HTTP server.

January 30, 2008

Asterisk 1.4.18-rc3 Now Available

Asterisk 1.4.18-rc3 is now available. The important bug fixes that made it into this RC are a couple of crash fixes for ChanSpy/MixMonitor. A few other less severe bug fixes made it in, as well. This release candidate is published for anyone that is interested in helping to test it for a couple of days before it is officially released. To download the release candidate, use the following svn command: $ svn co http://svn.

January 30, 2008

Asterisk 1.6.0-beta2 and 1.4.18-rc2 Now Available

The Asterisk development team has released versions 1.6.0-beta2 and and 1.4.18-rc2. The new beta for 1.6 is available for download from http://downloads.digium.com/. The release candidate for 1.4.18 is only available via svn. It is available for anyone that would like to help test 1.4.18 over the next couple of days before it gets officially released. To download the 1.4.18 release candidate: $ svn co http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.4.18 1.4.18-rc2 To make a tarball out of the previous checkout, do:

January 19, 2008

Asterisk 1.6.0-beta1 released

The Asterisk.org development team has published Asterisk version 1.6.0-beta1. Everyone is encouraged to help test Asterisk 1.6, so that the release may be available soon. Asterisk 1.6 will be the first major release of Asterisk since 1.4, which was released just over one year ago. This release contains a number of new features, as well as architectural improvements for improved performance. A list of the new features is available in the CHANGES file:

January 19, 2008

Digium Relaxes Google AdWord Policy

If you heard anything about the recent policy changes made by Digium in regards to the usage of its trademarks with Google AdWords, then be sure you see the official response from our CEO, Danny Windham, on the Digium blog. From the response: Over the past week we have received a number of charged responses regarding the recent change in policy related to the use of Digium trademarked terms in Google AdWords.

January 19, 2008

Release Candidates and Nighly Builds

Over the past week, there has been some debate over potential changes to our release process in the ares of release candidates and nightly builds. I have responded with some thoughts of my own on these issues: See the post on the asterisk-dev list.

January 18, 2008

New SIP features for Asterisk 1.6

In the past week, I have merged patches into Asterisk trunk that provide new features for chan_sip. These features will be available in Asterisk 1.6. TCP and TLS support The Commit In the past, Asterisk has only had support for UDP as a transport for SIP signaling. Asterisk 1.6 will have support for both TCP and TLS, as well. This work was done by Brett Bryant and James Golovich, who were both funded by Digium for their work.

January 15, 2008

Zaptel 1.2.23 and 1.4.8 Released

The Asterisk.org development team has released Zaptel versions 1.2.23 and 1.4.8. These releases contain a number of bug fixes as well as new features, including: New and greatly improved fxotune utility More information on the new fxotune Full support for new Digium cards, AEX2400, TE121, TE122 DTMF generator updates to allow tones to be generated at runtime, as well as support for a DTMF “twist”, on a per-zone basis. The tones for Brazil have been updated to include a 2 dB DTMF twist.

January 14, 2008

JACK interfaces for Asterisk

I just merged a new module that I have been working on into trunk. The module is app_jack. It provides interfaces between Asterisk and JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit). A description of JACK from their website: Have you ever wanted to take the audio output of one piece of software and send it to another? How about taking the output of that same program and send it to two others, then record the result in the first program?